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Where does “aniþing” come from?
aniþing (Old English) comes from Old English ǣniġ, from Proto-West Germanic *ainag — only, sole.
Ancestry of “aniþing”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Old English
ǣniġ
any
2
Proto-West Germanic
*ainag
only, sole
Words derived from “aniþing”
anything
anythingarian
anything
onything
enything
anythingism
trenything
anytin
anythingarianism
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